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US 12,296,767 · App. 17/802,356 · Granted May 13, 2025

Automotive structural member

Inventor: Atsushi Ono (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B60R19/18B60R19/04B60R2019/1806
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Patent No.
US 12,296,767
App. No.
17/802,356
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first member ( 110 ) of an automotive structural member ( 1 ) has a flange portion ( 111 ), a first member ridgeline portion ( 112 ) connected to the flange portion ( 111 ), a protruding portion ( 113 ) having a top surface ( 113 a ) which is connected to, the first member ridgeline portion ( 112 ) and is aligned with a top surface ( 111 a ) of the flange portion ( 111 ) at the same level (L), and a recessed portion ( 114 ) adjacent to the protruding portion ( 113 ). A second member ( 120 ) has a second member ridgeline portion ( 121 ) having an upper surface ( 121 a ) in contact with a lower surface ( 112 b ) along the lower surface ( 112 b ) of the first member ridgeline portion ( 112 ), a vertical wall ( 122 ) connected to the second, member ridgeline portion ( 121 ), and a bottom wall ( 123 ) connected to the vertical wall ( 122 ). A stiffening member ( 200 ) supports the recessed portion ( 114 ).

Claims (16)

1. An elongated and hollow automotive structural member including a portion extending along a linear axis, comprising:

a first member extending in the axial direction of the automotive structural member;

a second member that extends in the axial direction and is connected to the first member to form a closed cross-section together with the first member; and

a stiffening member disposed between the first member and the second member,

wherein the first member includes a flange portion, a first member ridgeline portion connected to the flange portion, a protruding portion including a top surface that is connected to the first member ridgeline portion and aligned with a top surface of the flange portion at the same level, and a recessed portion adjacent to the protruding portion,

the second member includes a second member ridgeline portion that has an upper surface in contact with a lower surface of the first member ridgeline portion along the lower surface, a vertical wall connected to the second member ridgeline portion, and a bottom wall connected to the vertical wall, and

the stiffening member supports the recessed portion.

2. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening member is connected to or disposed close to the bottom wall.

3. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening member is disposed along the axis and disposed at a position deviated from a center of the recessed portion toward the axis side.

4. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening member has a wave shape along the axis.

5. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening member has notch portions formed intermittently along the axis.

6. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stiffening member includes a first stiffening member and a second stiffening member in parallel and is connected to the bottom wall via a plate-shaped base member that fixes the first stiffening member and the second stiffening member.

7. The automotive structural member according to claim 6 , wherein the first stiffening member and the second stiffening member are separated from each other at a central portion in the axial direction.

8. The automotive structural member according to claim 6 , wherein the first stiffening member and the second stiffening member are joined in a state in which they are in contact with each other at end portions thereof in the axial direction.

9. The automotive structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is attached to a vehicle body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: ONO, ATSUSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060908/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-117662 · Jul 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230087083A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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